Sales figures suggest Scotland has the eighth highest level of alcohol consumption in the world, it emerged.
Statistics reveal that nearly 50 million litres of pure alcohol were drunk in 2007 - the equivalent of 11.8 litres for every person aged over 16.
That is the equivalent of everyone over 16 drinking 570 pints of normal strength beer, or 125 bottles of wine or 42 bottles of vodka.

Sales figures suggest Scotland has the eighth highest level of alcohol consumption in the world, it emerged.
Statistics reveal that nearly 50 million litres of pure alcohol were drunk in 2007 - the equivalent of 11.8 litres for every person aged over 16.
That is the equivalent of everyone over 16 drinking 570 pints of normal strength beer, or 125 bottles of wine or 42 bottles of vodka.

Sales figures suggest Scotland has the eighth highest level of alcohol consumption in the world, it emerged.
Statistics reveal that nearly 50 million litres of pure alcohol were drunk in 2007 - the equivalent of 11.8 litres for every person aged over 16.
That is the equivalent of everyone over 16 drinking 570 pints of normal strength beer, or 125 bottles of wine or 42 bottles of vodka.